Income inequality: Atkinson index in Ghana
Ghana: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.5095 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Ghana, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality: atkinson index in Ghana stood at 0.5095. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Ghana peaked at 0.5095 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4668, in 2013.
That places Ghana 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4828 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4828 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4828 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4668 | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.4668 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4668 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4668 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5095 | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 0.5095 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5095 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5095 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5095 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5095 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5095 | +0.0% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.5095 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.5095 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4844 | 0.4668 | 0.5095 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5095 | 0.5095 | 0.5095 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More poverty & inequality data for Ghana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.4 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,688 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.54 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Ghana?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Ghana was 0.5095 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5095 in 2017.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4668 in 2013.
- How does Ghana rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Ghana ranks 13th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.